CVE-2026-50163

high

Description

oras-go is a Go library for managing OCI artifacts. Prior to 2.6.2, ensureLinkPath in content/file/utils.go:262-275 validates a hardlink target relative to the extract base but returns the unresolved target, causing os.Link("victim.secret", "<extract_base>/payload.tar.gz/evil_cwd_link") to resolve header.Linkname against the process current working directory for a Typeflag=TypeLink entry such as Name=payload.tar.gz/evil_cwd_link and Linkname="victim.secret" with io.deis.oras.content.unpack: "true", which can expose or tamper with files such as .env, .git/config, .aws/credentials, and ~/.ssh/config. This issue is fixed in version 2.6.2.

References

https://github.com/oras-project/oras-go/security/advisories/GHSA-fxhp-mv3v-67qp

https://github.com/oras-project/oras-go/releases/tag/v2.6.2

https://github.com/oras-project/oras-go/pull/1232

https://github.com/oras-project/oras-go/commit/c463c654ab3ef34422c1764cd619806cebf20451

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-17

Updated: 2026-07-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00429